Chris is Professor of Law and Head of the School of Law at the University of Reading, UK. He was Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Environmental Law (OUP) from 2008-2012. He has a longstanding interest in legal mobilization by social movements, with a particular focus on the environmental movement (including, in more recent years, its climate change branch). Other research interests include law and public perceptions of risk, and environmental citizenship, rights and solidarity.